Skee.



G. JOHNSON.

SKEB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEBB, 1912.

Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

W/TA /ESSES UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

eusrar JOHNSON, or STOCKETT, MONTANA.

SKEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

Application filed June 29, 1912. SerialNo. 706,733.

provements in Skees, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to "skees and its object is to produce a skeethat is provided with a hinged section that in use will permit ,the userto raise the heel of? .of the skee independently of the front part ofthe foot thus permitting a natural stroke and facilitating the use ofthe skee generally.

' lVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specification, ,pointed out in the claim andillustrated in the accompanying drawing which forms a part 0 thespecification and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my im' 2proved skee. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same Fig. 3 is a section taken online 3-3 of Fi 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the plate fastened dl rectly tothe base of the skee. I Like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

1 is the body of the skee to which I secure a plate 2 thattat one end isprovided with oppositely disposed lugs 3, 3 turned upward. Rods 4:, 4extend from the lugs, 3, 3 toward the front end of the skee and toestraps 5 are secured to the said rods.

6 is a foot clamp pivotally secured to the lugs 3, 3 and to which thefoot strap 7 is secured. The foot clamp 6 being pivotally secured to thelugs 3, 3 permits the heel of the operator to be raised as shown inFig. 1. Near the forward ends of the rods 4, l a grooved plate 8 isprovided through the grooves 9, 9 of which the said rods extend and thesaid plate is. fastened by screws or in any suitable manner to theskee 1. The plate 8 is apertured through its central portion toreceive-one end of a thumb screw 10 that also passes through anapertured retaining plate 11 disposed upon the plate 8 and grooved inalinem'e-nt with the grooves 9, 9 in the last mentioned plate to clampthe rods 4, 4 down upon the said plate 8.

lVhat is claimed is In a skee, a plate provided with upturned lugssecured thereto, foot clamping means pivotally secured to said lugs, afoot strap secured to said foot clamping means, rods secured to saidupturned lugs, a toe strap secured to said rods and clamping meanssecured to the skee and engaging the forward extremity of said rods forretaining them in position.

In testimony that-I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoafiixed'my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAF JOHNSON. I

Witnesses: GUs'r LUNDELL, J. H. JOHNSON.

